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Birth
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Death of his mother
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Death of his father
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Speech "Why I Am Not A Christian"
This speech was first given on March 6th 1927 to the National Secular Society. In this speech Russell confronts the reliability and falsifiability of many of the claims for the existence of god. This speech serves as a good example of the analytic philosophy for which Russell was known. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F6J8o7AAe8 -
Book "A History of Western Philosophy" was published in 1945 by Simon & Schuster
Analytic philosophy described in Russell's own words: "It has the advantage, in comparison with the philosophies of the system-builders, of being able to tackle its problems one at a time, instead of having to invent at one stroke a block theory of the whole universe. Its methods, in this respect, resemble those of science" B. Russell, A History of Western Philosophy (Simon & Schuster, 1945), p. 834. -
Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature
In 1950 Bertrand Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought." His book A History of Western Philosophy was cited as one of the books that won him the award. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1950/summary/ -
Death
Bertrand Russell died of influenza in February of 1970 at the age of 97.